Olive Chapman (138 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Heavily sunned spine area as well as front cover top. Spine slanted. No DJ. Binding is tight. No markings in book. After her husband was killed during the WW I, the young widow, Olive Murray Chapman, was determined to make the most of the education provided to her by her surgeon father. Ignoring…

Paperback. Condition: G+. Complete magazine, Well bound, worn edges, small damp stain spots to rear cover, not affecting the interior, one of the puzzles marked with pencil, otherwise clean and unmarked. Wonderfully illustrated, including: Harold Sichel; Bernard Westmacott; Hugh Spencer; Eleanor Curtis; Morgan Dennis; Graceia Fo…

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, [98] pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner inscription. From Preface: To the motorists of to-day who skim along in beautiful high powered cars on well paved roads, with comfortable motels and convenient drive-ins every mile or two, have you ever stopped and given a thought to what the low…

Condition: Good. 1941. Reprint. 193 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fourth printing of Murrays' well illustrated Icelandic travelogue, with new introduction. Spotting to edge of block but this rarely intruding onto pages which are clean and bright. Green boards with red titling, faded to front and spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Ch…

Condition: Good. 1941. Reprinted. 193 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and ink mark to front pastedown and endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Vintage Penguin. #226. Olive Murray Chapmanâs Across Lapland is a vivid early-20th-century travel narrative in which Chapman recounts her solo journey through the remote northern landscapes of Swedish and Finnish Lapland. She writes with clarity and quiet determination, describing encounters with Sám…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. Lacking…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1945 hardback, lacks dustjacket produced to war economy standard. Contains fold out map to front showing author's route across the length and breadth of the island "by car, cycle, mule or foot" , also several period photos showing locals in traditional dress. Interior very clean with n…

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dustjacket. First Penguin Edition, First Printing. First Penguin printing, 1939, #226. From the collection of Ian Ballantine, who was the American representative of Penguin Books prior to his founding of Ballantine Books in 1952. Each book from the Ballantine co…

8vo, 184pp. + 8C (advertisments). Original white and magenta wrappers in matching dustwrapper, slightly edgeworn and slightly chipped toward top and bottom edges. Some tearng towards rear of dustwrapper and backstrip repaired with archival tape. Some yellowing toward page-edges. b/w maps toward preliminaries, in addition to b/w…